Aidan at the Fredericksburg Circus! If you look closely, there are two elephants in the background.
Painting with Aunt Laura

Can you tell he's excited to be in his new bed?

Thought you all might like to see the flood we barely survived. The water came within about 12 feet of the house! These pictures were taken from the sliding glass door of the basement.

We've made the big move! Aidan is now in a "big-boy bed"! Aunt Laura came down last week to help paint Aidan's new room and re-paint Aidan's old room for his new sister. We owe Aunt Laura a huge Thank You as she did a ton of work while she was here. Then Papa and Daddy put up wainscoating in Aidan's new room and we made the official move into the big-boy bed Saturday night. We thought for sure he'd wake up and come get us at least once that first night. We were shocked when we woke up and saw that he made it until 7:30 in the morning! We've made it two nights in the new bed and he hasn't gotten up in the middle of the night yet. We're crossing our fingers that this will prove to be an easy transition...so far so good!

We still need to go back and put a finishing coat of white paint and then we'll get the rest of the furniture moved in. I'll post pictures of the final room when it's complete!

Easter Egg hunt hosted by Aunt Laura!
Waiting for Dan to finish the 5K!
Rushing to get a family photo with the lion before the cops ticket us for parking illegally!
When on a college campus, do as the college students!
Enjoying a nice shot of juice with Grandpa!

Aidan and I had a fun weekend at Aunt Laura's in Penn State recently. While there, Aidan learned to take shots of juice out of a shot glass and eat Cheetos straight from the bag! That's quality family time there! If we haven't already made the official announcement to you all yet, we are expecting a GIRL in August! We're very excited and both Grandparents and Aunt Laura have been buying us really cute pink outfits. So far, Aidan is still really excited to have a baby sister so we're crossing our fingers he doesn't change his mind on us! Hope everyone is doing well.

We took Aidan to our Church's Easter Egg hunt this past Sunday. He had a lot of fun and was very excited to meet the Easter Bunny. Of course he also loved eating the candy! In other news, in case we haven't had a chance to tell everyone yet, we are expecting our second child in August! Aidan is very excited to be a big brother and everytime we ask him if he'd rather have a brother or sister he always replies "sister". We'll hopefully find out either way on March 27! We'll keep you updated.

Aidan told Santa he wanted Thomas for Christmas!

Bundled up for the Christmas parade!
I said smile and this is what I got!
Aidan and his cousin Nick wrestling.

Giddy up!
Fun with Chuck E. Cheese!

Presents from Grammy and Papa!
Aidan loved this clock ride. As soon as it would stop he'd say AGAIN!

Mommy and Grandma made a Nemo cake!
Aidan's first look at the Nemo cake--he was very excited!
Aunt Laura and Aidan blowing out their candles.
Birthday smiles!
A birthday wouldn't be complete without a Nemo ball!

We were in PA for Thanksgiving and had a Chuck E. Cheese birthday celebration for Aidan and Aunt Laura! Aidan had a blast (Aunt Laura secretly had fun too!) We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving and lots of good food at Grandma and Grandpa Drane's. We're having another little celebration at home for Aidan's birthday on Friday so Aidan's excited for more cake. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Check out this video that Brad made!!!!!!

Trick or Treat!

We had a blast trick or treating! Aidan LOVED it! It took a little persuasion to get the Nemo costume on, but once he realized he could get candy by simply wearing a costume, it was smooth sailing! We took Nemo down the street and then came home to hand out candy, but Aidan wasn't finished trick or treating. Everytime the doorbell would ring, he'd come running with his basket to get candy out of our own bowl. It was very cute.

Aidan is also talking up a storm now. We actually have mini-converstaions with him! He also says his first 3 syllable word---applesauce!